Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi insists there aren’t any regrets they didn’t rent Raffaele Palladino earlier, and assures there’s ‘nothing concrete’ between Inter and Marco Palestra.
It kicks off on the New Steadiness Enviornment in Bergamo at 19.45 GMT (20.45 CET).
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La Dea have been properly and really revitalised since Palladino took over from sacked Ivan Juric, profitable seven of their final eight video games in all competitors, together with a Champions League victory over Chelsea.
Atalanta reborn beneath Palladino
Are there regrets that they didn’t rent Palladino first?
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“Soccer is made up of decisions. There was a spell within the season once we wanted new enthusiasm, Palladino introduced that, we’re very glad together with his work and likewise conscious of how far more we have to enhance,”
Atalanta performed in 5 of the final seven editions of the Champions League, and gained the Europa League in one of many others.
“This season has seen us be tremendous protagonists within the Champions League, whereas in Serie A there have been ups and downs. We now have made robust investments and know it’s not simple to take care of the staff within the European positions when there’s a lot competitors.
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“The squad has lots of high quality, so we wish to proceed alongside this path, enhancing in Serie A, as a result of that’s a very powerful event for us.”
CAGLIARI, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: Marco Palestra of Cagliari in motion in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Sant’Elia on October 19, 2025 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Photos)
Ademola Lookman and Odilon Kossounou are on the Africa Cup of Nations, whereas Raoul Bellanova and Mitchel Bakker are injured.
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There have been stories that Atalanta-owned Marco Palestra might be introduced again to Bergamo from his Cagliari mortgage in January, or
“That’s not a significant difficulty for us proper now. We wish Palestra to show what he can do, as he has been in our academy since he was somewhat boy. If one thing had been to occur that was concrete, we’d consider it, however to this point there’s solely newspaper speak and we’re very proud that he’s an Atalanta participant, one more instance for these popping out of our academy,” assured Percassi.
Atalanta have a famously terrible file in opposition to Inter, shedding every of their final eight conferences in all competitors.
Their most up-to-date victory was 4-1 in November 2018, adopted by 5 attracts and 10 defeats.